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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-23
NATIONAL LEGISLATION.
Provisions OF Some or the Important
Laws Enacted by the Last
Congress.
Alien Land Owners Fisheries Retaliation
The Anti-Polygamy Bill,
Etc, Etc.
ALIEN LANDOWNERS.

The Act Forbidding Their Ownership of
Real Estate I'm the Territories.
The following T. the full text of the act
to restrict the ownership of real estate in
the Territories to American citizens:
Section 1. That il shall be unlawful for
any person or persons not citizens OF the
United States, or who have not lawfully
declared their intention TO become such
citizens, or for any corporation not created
by or under the laws of the United States,
or OF some State or Territory of the United
States, to hereafter acquire, hold, or own
real estate so hereafter acquired, or any in
terest therein, in any of the Territories of
the United States or in the District of Co.
lumbia, except such as may be acquired
by inheritance or ia good faith in the ordi-
nary course of justice in the collection of
debts heretofore created; provided, that the
prohibition Of this section shall not apply
10 cases in which the right to hold or dis
pose of lands in the United States is Sc
cured by existing treaties to the citizens or
subjects Of foreign countries, which rights,
so far as they may exist by force Of any
such treaty, shall continue to exist so long
as such treaties are in force and no longer.
Sec. 2. That no corporation or associa-
ton, more than 20 per cent. of the stock of
which is or may be owned by any person
or persons, corporation or corporations,
association or associations, not citizens of
the United States. shall hereafter acquire
or hold or own any real estate hereafter
acquired in any of the Territories of the
United States or of the District of Column
bia.
Sec. 3. That no corporation, other than
those organized for the construction or
operation of railways, canals, or turnpikes
shall acquire, hold, or own more than
5000 acres OF land in any of the Territories
OF the United States, and no railroad,
canal, or turnpike corporation shall here
after acquire, hold, or own lands in any
Territory other than as may be necessary for
the proper operation of its railroad, canal,
or turnpike, except such lands as may have
been granted TO it by act of Congress-: but
affect the title TO any lands now lawfully
held by anyksuch corporation.
Sec. A. That all property acquired, held.
or owned in violation Of the provisions of
this act shall be forfeited to the United
States, and it shall be the duty of the At
torney' General to enforce every such for
fixture by bill in equity or other proper
process. And in any suit or proceeding
that may be commenced to enforce the
provisions of this act, it shall be the duty
of the court to determine the very right of
the matter, without regard to matters of
form, joinder of parties, multifariousness,
or other matters not affecting the substan-
tial rights either Of the United States or of
the parties concerned in any such proceed
ing arising out of the matters in this act
mentioned
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-23

company refusing to do that. then the At
torney General is to enter proceedings
To have the title reconyeyed to the
United States. Then, as TO this excess
land, where il is found after such adj.
iustment that the homesteader or pre-
emptor nad title when the title of the
company attached, the bill secures him
priority of right in perfecting that title. As
To another class OF lands-lands which the
company has sold-the third section gives
TO the purchaser of that land his title.
The bill is not forfeiture measure, but
deals only with excess lands, and the Sec
tons that follow protect the rights Of the
Government and the rights of the settlers
and purchasers as 10 these excess lands
an act forfeiting lands granted to the New
Orleans, Baton Rouge an Nicksburg Rail-
road Company. known "a the backbone"
land forfeiture. The bill confirms the title
OF the New Orleans Pacific Railroad to
most OF Il land, and opens small amount
10 settlement.
Among the acts authorizing corporations
to bridge navigdble waters were the follow
ing: To the ST. Louis Merchants Bridge
Company, over the Mississippi River near
ST. Louis; to the st. Paul x Duluth Rail-
road Company, over the st. Louis River
between Minnesota and Wisconsin; to the
Ohio Valley Railroad Company, over the
Underwater River; to the East Dubuque
Bridge Company, over the Mississippi
River; 10 the State of Mississippi, over
Bayou Bernard: across the Potomac River
at Washington, ID. c.. across the Missouri
River between Kansas City and Sibley,
Mo-; across the Cumberland River near
Davidson, Tenn; across East River be-
tween New York and Long Island; across
the Great Kanawha River below the falls;
across the Missouri River between Omaha
and Council Bluffs; across the Mississippi
River near Winona, Mimi; across tie
Missouri River at Pierre, OAK; across the
Tennessee River near Mussel Shoals Ca
nal; across the Tennessee River near Gun
tersville, Ala; across the Mississippi River
near keokuk.
Among the rights of way granted railroad
corporations were the following: To the
Marioopee IL Phoenix Railroad Company
through the Cali River Indian Reserva-
ton; to the Rio Grande and FL Paso
Railroad Company through the Fort Bliss
military reservation; to the ST. Paul, Min
neapolis ard Manitoba Railroad Company
through the Indian reservation in Northern
Montana and Moth western Dakota; to the
Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad
Company through Indian Territory; to the
Frem mt, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley
Railroad Company across the Fort Meade
military reservation; 10 the Utah Midland
Railroad Company through the Uncom-
phagre and Uintah reservation in Utah; TO
the Rocky Fork and Ceole City Railroad
Company through the Crow Indian reser-
walton in Montana.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-23
PENSIONS.
Provisions Of the Bill Granting Pensions to
Mexican War Veterans.

The Mexican pension law directs the
Secretary of the Interior to place on the
pension roll the names of the surviving
officers and enlisted men who actually
served sixty days with the army or navy OF
the United States in Mexico or en- route
thereto, and the surviving widows Of the
officers and enlisted men if they have not
remarked. Every one of the class named
above who reaches the age Of G2 is entitled
TO the benefits of the act, but no pension
shall be granted a soldier in the Mex can
war for disability when the disability was
incurred in the war of rebellion against
the United States. The amount to be paid
under the act is IS per month. 1t is esti-
mated that the yearly disbursements W II be
not less than "a, SOC, 900.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-23
ANTI-POL YGAMY.
Mormonism Believed tn Have Received It's
Death BLOW.

The gist of the anti-polygamy law is in
it's disestablshment of the Mormon
Church, the increased stringency Of the
means TO freak up polygamy, and the
abolition ot female suffrage in the Terri
tory of Utas. The first five sections apply
to prosecutions for bigamy, polygamy, OF
unlawful oshabitation, and make the wife
or husband n competent witness, but not 10
oe compel sd 10 testify. The sixth section
annuls AMI disapproves all laws of the
Utah Legislature which provide that pros
ecutions for adultery can only be CON-
menced on tho complaint OF the husband
or wife. IN place Of this It is pro-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-23
CONCERNING RAILROADS.
Adjusting Land Grant Questions - New
Bridges-Rights of Way.

The act for the adjustment of railroad
land grants applies specially to Kansas,
but il is a general bill not limited in it's
scope to any State. 1t applies to cases
where, when .he adjustment of the grant
has been made, it shall be found that more
land has been certified or patented to the
milroad company than the grant really
gives. Under the provisions of the act
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized
and directed to at once adjust in accord
ance with the decisions of the Supreme
Court each of the railroad land grants
made by Congress and heretofore unad-
justed. II it shall appear that there has
been erroneous certifying or patenting the
Secretary of the Interior shall make de-
mand upon the company TO relinquish and
reconvey 20 title, and in tho event of the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-23

A GENTLEMAN, recently, about to pay
his doctors bill, said: well, doctor,
as my little boy gave the measles to all
my neighbors' children, aud as they
were attended by you, think you can
afford, at the very least, to deduct 10
per cent. from the amount of my bill
for the increase of business we gave
YOU
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-23
PACIFIC RAILROAD INVESTIGATION
Three Commissioners to Examine the
Books and Accounts.

The joint resolution authorizing an in
vestigation of the accounts of the Pacific
railroads provides for the appointment Of
three Commissioners by the President,
whose tern OF Office shall not extend be-
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-04
Only Temperance Bltters Know
Health 10 we.Itn-Dr. nes.regsrds
Tonic end Nerytne, the eress
Wrench specific.


NERVOUS DGBILITY lp all is STAGES.
~ mental and physical depression, tper-
mAtorrhea, hypochondria, stsrility, neural
"a, hystsria, tnoapaoity Tor study or bufi.
ness, paralysis, impots ncs, epilepsy, los. OF
remory. softsnins Of th 10 orsi,. ant all dls'
eases ~ the nervous system may be rtfl
oally cured In either ser by tie use 81 TIT
.ns, grse.f..ien; H. n,u,
treatment for the cure Of the losi Of nerve
power, and DR.. BesnreFard't Tonic AMI
Ner,ins, .ftsr msny ysars Trial In tnfeps,
dirss,ion,, which are sfhxed 70 each bottls.
One bon equal 10 one month"; ueatnsnti
will cure recent cases. Pries, 100 boz
raid on receipt Of price. We sufra itss sir
bores 10 eurs any case. with cas- order 70
eelyed By us for sin bores ve v lll sead our
written guarantees " return the money "
treatment does not eject cure. A.. hent.
srt A Co., drussists. sole agents for United
States. 10 ard nv N.ls q, N.mrhl.. T.,r
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06
VESPERs INFORMATION.


Mrs. J. w. Cameron has returned
from Minneapolis.
Mrs. I'll. w. Lord is slowly recovering
from a severe attack of Infamatory
Rheumatism, which has laid her up for
the past two weeks. Miss Daisy Bisbee
has so far recovered from her late severe
attack of heart trouble, as to be out on
the street.
Fred Tibbits is getting along nicely
with his school. There are 81 scholars
registered upon the roll.
Mr.. Chas. Laxon, one of Mr.. J. w.
Cirkel & Sons employers has moved
his family from Boyd, Wis, to this berg.
Jack Green has opened barber shop
at Vesper, and is now prepared to shave
his customers, either with or without a
racer, just as they prefer. Jack don't
profess to be an expert in the tonsorial
art, but he gives the boys good shave
or hair cut just the same and that is
what counts.
Aug. G. Otto, clerk IN the Companies
store has been taking vacation of one
week, visiting friends and relatives at
Appleton. Heber Lord is filling his
place in the store, during his absence.
Mr.. Henry Sherry spent Saturday last
in town looking over the new mill and
other improvements being made.
III. w. Lord has gone around with a
scowl on his face during the past day or
two, he has got a beastly toothache.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Stearns have re-
turned from Oshkosh.
Mr.. Dan Arpin passed through our
city the latter part of the week on his
| way to inspect the work going on at the
| Enterprise Iron Mines. On his return
he exhibited a fine lot of specimens OF
| iron ore.
Rumors are afoat that Geo. Hiles
intends this week beginning survey
from near Hanson up through the
mining district Also that the G.. B &
st. Paul Co., propose to run branch
| from some point on their line to extend
up through the northwestern part OF
this county.
Now is the time for the citizens OF
Grand Rapids and Centralia to confer
with the G. B. & st. Paul Co., relative
to running their proposed extention
from that point via Vesper to the
mining district. There is no doubt such
move would greatly benefit all
| concerned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06
fed, that uneasiness and instability

fed, that uneasiness and instability
will be the result and that constant
fixation in great locality will be ever
after ftful fever. The same might be
said of ambition, and where is the active
mind that has not vaulted after this vain
thing but is it to be condemned. Then,
for fear of restlessness the hope of fame
should be banished, the pride of an
enthusiastic heart for possessed skill
should be stihed and its longings stuck
into pigeon hole Of some home rule
cubbard because for sooth little travel
might make few restless workers. 1t
might surprise many to hear that a
letter from Thomas Jefferson has just
been published which was written over
hundred years ago. He wrote it while
he was Prime Minister to France enjoy
ing all the benefits of travel and living
in the very nations to which Jefferson
owes his stimulent to vigorous and
liberal tho ught-from whence he learn
ed to write the declaration of independ-
ence-and was really started to be one
of the foremost thinkers of nation.
Does it not surprise one to see that
Jefferson has devoted a short paragraph
in this mentel letter to the doubtful
utility of travel?" Every one knows
that much of the fame and usefulness
of Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy
Adams was due to travel and the
acquisition of learning in Europe.
jeff r5on does not write general tru b
when he says a travellers "eves are
ever turned back to the objects they
have lost and its recollections poisons
the residue of their lives" such thought
is moral perversion for everyone knows
that the reverse is true that there is a
pleasure in every healthy action, ard
that scenes of travel bring fond recollec-
items to view like the old oaken bucket.
Travel makes men wise and wisdom
generally makes happiness. A man of
mature age travelling can gather knowl-
edge which can be of inevitable useful
ness to him in after life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06

THE publishers of the WEEKLY WIsCoN-
SIN in making their annual announcement
to the public, dc so with confident pride
and satisfaction The WISCONSIN is in the
fifty-first year of it's existence and forty
first year under its present management.
The growth of the WISCONSIN has been
steady and uninterrupted. 1t has far ex-
ceeded the growth of population in the
state from which it derives its support and
name The circulation of the WISCONSIN is
greater in the state than that of any other
single journal.
It has been the aim of the publishers to
make the WISCONSIN a paper worthy Of our
great commonwealth 1t has never been
their practice to say much or promise what
shall be done in the future, but they refer
their readers to what has been done in the
past contenting themselves with the assur-
ance that they propose to continue their eff
forts to produce a great family journal.
The WEEKLY WISCONSIN has by far the
largest and ablest corps of original writers
in the state or in the Northwest, nearly the
whole contents from week to week being
original matter prepared expressly for this
journal The publishers pay five times as
much money for contributions as is paid by
any other weekly paper in Wisconsin.
Without the risk of contradiction, it is
claimed that the WEEKLY WISCONSIN is the
best printed newspaper in the state. Its
Typography is always clear and legible and
may be read with pleasure by all eyes.
The different departments of the paper
are conducted by editors peculiarly fitted
for such departments, and cover widerange
Of subjects
To the farm department was added last
year, and will be continued this year, ver-
batim report of all the best papers read at
the Farmers Institutes. These papers alone
published in book would make an octave
volume which would cost twice the
subscription price of the paper.
The. novels and short stories published
for the amusement and edifcation of its
readers, if printed in ordinary book style,
would in a year make more than ten vol
umes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06

The department of Woman's World has
become one of the most interesting features
of the WISCONSIN since its introduction a
few years ago. The original articles of
which it is mostly composed, are widely
copied by the newspapers of the country,
thus paying merited compliment to the
numerous writers for these columns.
For the Boys and Girls Department we
have several of the most accomplished
writers in the United States The weekly
letters upon society, literature fashion and
the drama from New York are feature
that has given great satisfaction to the read
ers The Puzzle and Family Departments
offer amusement and instruction equal to
any of the speciality papers. The Market
Reports are prepared by an editor who at
tends the exchange daily, and spends his
whole time in their preparation. The News,
particularly from the Northwest, is fur
nished by more than 100 paid reporters, To-
Gated in all parts of Wisconsin and adioin-
ing states, under the supervision of our man.
aging editor and his assistants. The edlto-
rial columns are presided over by the senior
publisher assisted by an able corps Of writ
ers. Thus it will be seen that small army
of people fitted for the work are engaged
weekly in the production of this journal.
We cannot within the limits of this an
nouncement, give the various schemes for
premiums to subscribers and clubbing
agents, but refer them to our advertisements
printed in the paper itself. Any person
may avail himselfot the advantages OF these
prices by sending to the office of pubhca-
ton for a sample copy of the WEEKLY WIS
coNsIN, or inquiring of the postmaster
nearest to his residence The WISCONSIN is
mailed to every post-office in Wisconsin and
very generally in Minnesota and Dakota.
We shall be very glad to malta copy to any
person sending Us his name SO that they
may judge as well as can be judged by one
copy, of the merits of our journal.
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06
RuckIen,s Arnica SaIYe.

Tie best salve in the world for Cuts,
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06

Women are daily receiving recogni-
ton in Iowa, several having been
nominated for County superintendent
of Schools during the past month. The
Union Labor Party of Polk County has
placed Mrs. Harriet Baliangee, pro-
minent suffrage worker, upon their
ticket as a candidate for Superintendent
of Public Schools
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06
The Cost of Ignorance.

Absence of knowledge of the fact
that physical and mental weakness, in
digestion, impure blood, and sick head
ache can be averted by DIR. Harter's
Iron Tonic, costs millions of money
annually for uncertain and unreliable
decOctiOnS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06

wv. Graham, Wholesale Druggist, 0!
Austin, Tex, writs,-I have been
handling DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam for the
past year, and have found it one of the
most salable medicines have ever had
in my house for Coughs, colds, and even
Consumption, always giving entire
gross.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06
ST. 90
l3 WEEKS.

If you need a new chimney, well
thing, or drainage pipe call at the
REPORTER office and see samples and get
prices.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06
COT FEE

is never good when exposed to the air.
Always buy this brand in Theoretically
sealed ONE POUND PACKAGES.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-04
Porse Department.
PROSPECTUS.

The increasing prosperity of the REGISTER is
gratifying to its owners ; but its circulation
isn't a tenth part of what we intend 1t shall
be. The REGISTER is the highest authority in
the world on the true history and pedigree OF
the American road horse As such,it deserves
and must get the very widest circulation. Its
Horse Department is worth many times its
subscription price - valuable, instructive,
entertaining. From all over the country we
have an immense amount of original matter
coming in Tor this department; and we ex-
pect to be able to give soon the history
and pedigree of the following famous hors.
es hitherto unknown: Old Pilot, st. Law
renee, Columbus dam of Royal George, North
American or Bullock Horse Lady Surrey dam
of Henry Clay; Tom Thumb, &. 5. of Green's
Bashaw; Leonidas, reputed e. 5. of Biggart S
Rather, and many others.
This is prominently the kind of intorma.
ton that all gentlemen of Intelligence desire,
and none such American can well afford to be
without this paper. 1t is the American gentle
mans paper for the history of the horse In
all such information there is included much
local and general history. Indeed, the trac-
ing of some OF these pedigrees seems very
similar to romance, in which one sees not
only the animated bearing and noble action
of the horse, but also the life and beauty OF
the country through which he travels.
Terms, Sl.50 per year. Tell your neighbors
Spread the circulation. We want the REGIS.
TER to go upon every farm in the country,
from Maine TO California (; and there aie sew.
eral it does not vet reach.
AS before announced, all horses, mares and
geldings that trace IN direct male line to Jus.
tin Morgan and have Mt least one-sixty fourth
of the blood OF the original Morgan will be
recorded in our Morgan Register for the usual
registering fee of one dollar.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-04

Adams Stump by Sugg's Stump, by
Stump the Dealer. Gbson's Tom Hal
was bred by Clay Sanders, of Marshall
Co., during the late war, in which he was
first confederate soldier, and afterward
captain in the Federal army. He is now
running a locomotive on the Nashville
and Chattanooga Il. r., and is the only
man living who knows for certain the
sire of the horse, The late L. d. Moore,
Petersburg, Tenn, traded for him In the
spring of 1866, to use in the stud. and
gave the pedigree which has ever since
followed the horse. This is, that he is
by Bryant's or kitterell's Tom Hal
sometimes called Kentucky Tom HaD.
Some of Mr. Sanders neighbors say his
horse was sired by horse belonging to
Mr.. Walters, which he had traded for
in Alabama, while wagoning. Mr. Wal
tiers died but a short time after. Others
say the horse was sired by a horse ridden
by one of Mr.. Sanders company, while
at his house on furlough. The horse was
sired in 1862, a time when little attention
was paid to breeding, and Mr.. Sanders
lived in the opposite end of the county
from where Bryant's Tom Hal stood.
strengthening the rumors that he was by
one of the other horses. L. C, NEAL.